Well, some sites apparently seem to do this: http://androidstats.com/
DISCLAIMER: None of this is official, though, and I have no idea whether those sites violate any ToS in any way, so by citing this popular link that I found in other public places, I'm in no way endorsing its use. It is just listed here for the sake of discussion as "proof of concept" :-) Peli On Feb 4, 5:41 pm, Ed <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Peli, > > Is there no way to get the data that is being kept on the Market out > to the web? My guess from your answer is no, but it seems to be quite > a shame. > > --Ed > > On Feb 4, 10:05 am, Peli <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Ed, > > > As far as I understand, Cyrket just acts as a proxy, to forward your > > requests to the real Market in real-time, and merely display the > > results it obtains from there. > > > Many of your requests (sort results by rating, improve search > > function, ...) are beyond what the Market currently offers, hence I > > fear Cyrket is the wrong place to address these kinds of requests > > to... > > (it is like asking a mirror site to host more / better content than > > the original site). > > > Peli > > > On Feb 4, 4:44 pm, Ed <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Thanks Muthu, > > > > I wrote the site creator to address some key shortcomings of his site-- > > > specifically that it is too much like the Market. I will post my > > > letter here, in case the author visits here, or anyone else wants to > > > chime in: > > > ----- > > > Hi, > > > > I have a number of suggestions for your mirror of the Android Market. > > > Thanks for your work so far, it is greatly appreciated by this user. > > > > 1. Display a total number of applications and games. This is critical > > > in that people have no idea how far to go back to find good > > > applications. Also, the growth of the Market is a measure of its > > > success, and no one seems to know how big it is at the moment. > > > > 2. Allow a customizable view of the number of entries per page. This > > > is the great advantage that a computer screen has over a cell phone > > > screen. I would like to be able to view 25, 50, even 100 applications > > > at a time. > > > > 3. Create a header bar that can be used for sorting, as in any file > > > manager. Name, Date, Rating, Number of Downloads, Version, etc, would > > > all be very useful. The fact that no one can sort by star rating makes > > > it harder to get to the apps that everyone likes. > > > > 4. The search function could be improved, just like the Market. For > > > example, if I can only remember part of a name, like "sans" for > > > "droidsans," I get no results. Also, if I type in "droid," "droidsans" > > > is not among the results. > > > > Thanks very much, > > > --Ed > > > > On Feb 3, 12:53 am, Muthu Ramadoss <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > An unofficial web client for Android market exists here: > > > > >http://www.cyrket.com/ > > > > > take care, > > > > Muthu Ramadoss. > > > > >http://linkedin.com/in/tellibitz+91-9840348914http://androidrocks.in-.... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
